ENGLISH: large - CREOLE: chodwon



Overview of noun large



The noun large has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. large -- (a garment size for a large person)



Overview of adj large



The adj large has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (152) large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")

2. (2) large -- (fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations")

3. bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid -- (ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose")

4. big, large, magnanimous -- (generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies")

5. big, large, prominent -- (conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen")

6. large -- (having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy")

7. big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child -- (in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child")



Overview of adv large



The adv large has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. large -- (at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark))

2. large -- (with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large")

3. boastfully, vauntingly, big, large -- (in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening")

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